Species Eriococcus villosus Froggatt, 1916

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• Eriococcus villosa Froggatt, W.W. 1916. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [in part]). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 27: 425-430, 568-577, 809-816, 883-888 [577].

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1–159.

SYSTEMATICS

Eriococcus villosus Ferris is a junior primary homonym of E. villosus Froggatt. The former is now known as E. dubius (see Miller, D.R. & Miller, G.L. 1992. Systematic analysis of Acanthococcus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) in the western United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 118(1): 1–106).

STRUCTURE

Sac is elongate oval, closely felted. Adult female is dull yellowish brown, broadly rounded (see Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1–159.

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